Commemorative Series No. 3 · The Fine Print
OUTSPENTNo. 18/74
Orrin
Hatch
U.S. Senate · R-UT
Taken from the card industry
$97,500
S.256 · the bankruptcy bill · 2005tap to flip ⤺
WHO THEY WORK FORNo. 18/74
Card-Issuing Banks$88,500
Credit Cards$9,000
Made it harder to clear credit-card debt in bankruptcy. Filings got ~38% costlier; insolvency didn't fall. · 109-1-44OUTSPENT
Card 18 of 74 · tap the card to see who they work for
Beyond the check
The check is only the part you can see.
They took
$97,500
The industry spent on the bill
$100M+
on an eight-year industry push to pass the bankruptcy bill
After office
We checked the public record. No industry job, board seat, or gift after this vote.
Sometimes the vote really is free.
The industry figure is lobbying spent on the bill, not a payment to this senator. Source: contemporary reporting (NBER; PBS Frontline). Everything here is documented public record; nothing alleges an illegal act.
★ Hall of Shame
Hatch voted with the money in more than one set:
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Card-Issuing Banks$88,500
JPMorgan$43,100
Am. Bankers Assn.$20,000
Wells Fargo$14,650
Citigroup$5,000
Am. Financial Services$4,500
Bank of America$1,250
Credit Cards$9,000
Discover$3,500
Capital One$3,000
American Express$2,000
Visa$500